GoGuardian · 3 hours ago
Lead, Contract Manager
United States
Contract
Remote
Lead/Staff
$125K/yr - $140K/yr
8+ years expGoGuardian is an innovative company focused on improving K-12 learning environments. The Lead Contract Manager is responsible for optimizing the contract lifecycle, mentoring a team, and ensuring compliance with legal standards while driving efficiency in vendor and customer agreements.
E-LearningEdTechEducationInternetSoftware
Responsibilities
Directly manage and mentor a team of two Contract Specialists, overseeing daily workflow, performance reviews, and career development
Proactively identify and implement training to advance the team's technical and negotiation skills
Independently structure, draft, negotiate, and redline vendor contracts (SaaS, services, events/marketing) and customer contracts (MSAs, DPAs, and software licenses)
Apply in-depth knowledge of student data privacy laws (FERPA, COPPA, and state-specific laws) to negotiations, ensuring compliance and managing contractual risk when dealing with customer paper
Serve as the functional owner and expert for the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, ensuring data integrity, driving system adoption, and optimizing efficiency
Develop and generate complex reports to track critical commercial legal metrics (e.g., contract velocity, risk exposure), providing regular updates to leadership
Act as a primary legal contact for both the Procurement team (for vendor contracts) and the Sales team, driving process improvements to remove contractual friction and expedite deal closures
Identify, design, and implement new scalable processes (playbooks, approval frameworks, and automation strategies) to elevate legal support across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
8+ years of experience as a contract manager in a company that specializes in technology transactions
Possesses strong people management experience and the ability to mentor, develop, and inspire a team of junior professionals
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; adept at articulating complex legal and operational issues clearly, concisely, and persuasively to diverse internal audiences (from Sales to Engineering to Executive leadership)
Demonstrates a proactive, solution-oriented approach; willing to take on strategic projects, act decisively with imperfect information, and drive continuous process improvement
Highly responsive and effective at building trusting, collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to align contract strategy with broader business goals
Strong understanding of the SaaS business model, revenue recognition principles, and the K-12 EdTech ecosystem
Preferred
Pacific time zone strongly preferred
Benefits
Complete health insurance
401(k) matching
Employee equity plan
Flexible time off
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Wellness days
Paid year-end holiday break
Work from home funds
Fertility & adoption reimbursement
Company
GoGuardian
GoGuardian is an edtech startup that makes subscription software for K-12 schools.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$200MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementSumeru Equity PartnersTodd Mackey
2021-08-05Private Equity· $200M
2018-05-24Private Equity
2018-02-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Rich Preece
CEO at GoGuardian
Advait Shinde
Co-Founder and Exec Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-12
2025-11-11
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